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Software Development & Systems Engineering (Financial Systems)

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Company Details
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Description: Safaricom is the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects. With over 29 Million subscribers and an estimated market share of 67%, the Company has the widest modern mobile network coverage in Kenya and prides in its experienced shareholders, attractive tariffs, a nationwide network of effective dealers, high caliber staff and management enabling it to maintain its position as the region’s mobile market leader.
Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
  • All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing  policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.
  • Design and develop scalable microservices using Java, Spring Framework, Apache Camel, Django, Flask, and Go.
  • Build responsive front-end applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and frameworks including React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, and Nuxt.js.
  • Deliver end-to-end full-stack solutions leveraging microservices and micro-frontend architectures.
  • Develop and implement new financial technology solutions aligned with approved solution designs and business requirements.
  • Participate in solution architecture, technical design, and platform capacity planning for new digital services.
  • Conduct functional, performance, security, and automated testing using TDD practices to ensure high-quality software delivery.
  • Troubleshoot, debug, optimize, and enhance existing systems to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Drive CI/CD automation, release management, and change management processes to support efficient deployments and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate within Agile and Scrum environments using tools such as Jira and Confluence while contributing to code reviews and continuous process improvement.
  • Support financial systems evolution, infrastructure integration, and platform modernization initiatives to achieve high availability, scalability, and innovation targets

Qualifications

  • Degree in one of the following: Computer Science, Telecommunications; Electronic Engineering; IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development
  • 2 years of work experience as an engineer in Financial Technology or a telecommunications environment.
  • Knowledge and experience on coding languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, html, css, type script) and frameworks/systems (e.g., Spring framework, AngularJS, React, Git, Apache camel, Node Js and GraphQL.)
  • Experience and Strong understanding of both JSON and SOAP
  • Experience in securing APIs using JWT, Oauth2, SAML, Spring security etc.
  • Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is an added advantage.
  • Knowledge in DevSecOps, CI/CD and version control (Git)
  • Good understanding of writing unit tests.
  • Experience working with relational and non-relational databases i.e., Oracle, MySQL, Mongo DB, Cassandra
  • Experience in mobile money systems.
  • Knowledge in cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Huawei or GCP).
  • Knowledge in container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, openshift container platform etc.)
Salary: KES Unspecified
Otherpay: Benefits
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

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